At 08:20 AM -0400 09/12/2009, Tom Coradeschi wrote: >All: I am having a problem re-installing Tiger on my 333 MHz iMac >(tray loading). > >I have the CD distribution of Tiger, which I used, several years >back, when this machine was upgraded from OS 9 to OS X. Eventually, >the system got to the point where it would no longer boot (don't ask >why, it just wouldn't), so I backed up all the data, reformatted the >HD (including making sure that it had a boot partition no larger than >7 GB), re-installed OS 9.2.2, zapped the PRAM, etc. > >Problem occurs when I try to intall Tiger. I have XPostFacto >installed, I launch it, choose the OS X Install CD 1 to boot from and >reboot. The system boots from the CD just fine. I click thru the >various windows, including the one which tells me that I will need >all 4 CDs for the install I have chosen. Here's where things go >horribly wrong - it begins the install process (remember, the >installer told me that I need all 4 CDs), but never gets to the point >where it asks for disks 2-4! It simply goes thru the install process >on disk 1, then says "Installation complete" and reboots. Needless to >say, the install fails. > >Anyone have any clues as to what is going wrong here? As I noted, I >have successfully used this CD set to install Tiger in the past. Very >confusing...
Just in case anyone was losing any sleep worrying about this, a new PRAM battery appears to have done the trick. Installed Tiger and updated to 10.4.11 just fine! -- tom coradeschi [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
